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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 18, 1974
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session
Tuesday, June 18, 1974, in the Council Chambers, 608 Liva.
Oak Road at 7:15 PM with the following members present:
Mayor Robert C. Bueker, presiding; Councilmembers Schwartz
Funk, Koch, Koole and Seeba. Also present: City Engineer
Howard Gaddis; City Manager, Denny L. Arnold; City Secretary
June G. Krause with Attorney Richard L. Harris arriving at
8:15 P.M.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Mrs. Funk moved to accept
the minutes of the Regular
of June 4, ~974 as presented. Mrs. Koch seconded the
which carried with the following vote:
Meeting
motion,
Ayes: Councilmembers Funk, Koch, Koole, Seeba and
Schwartz.
Nays: None.
B. For clarification purposes, Mr. 'Seeba recommended the
second paragraph of item #1 of the minutes of the Special
meeting of June 11, 1974 be changed to read as follows:
"Mayor Schlather did the same for the City of Cibolo. He
then said his city would like to have 1/2 mile either side
of FM 1103 south of I 35."
Mr. Seeba moved the minutes of the Special Meeting of June 11,
197'4 be approved as corrected. Mrs. Funk seconded the motion
which carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers Seeba, Funk, Koch, Schwartz and
Koole.
Nays: None.
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Dick Chambless and Dick
Strain, representing Tri-
City Junior Athletic League, explained their desire to hold
tournaments at the Schertz ball fields. However, in order
to finance these tournaments, they would have to have per-
mission from the Council to charge for parking and the use
of the concession stand during the tournaments.
Mayor Bueker said the Council had given a contract to SAFES
for the operation of the concession stand; therefore, Tri-
City would have to consumate an agreement with SAFES. He
then said he would like to defer answers until Attorney
Harris is present about 8:15 p.m.
#3 STREET LIGHTING: Mr. Doyal Hines and Mr. Lewis B.
Eckols, representatives of Guad-
alupe Valley Electric Co-Operative, presented their street
lighting plan for FM 78. The plan calls for 27 light
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locations on the north side of the highway, with cvmpari-
sons as to types of installation, location on highway or
rail easement etc. It was agreed GVEC would install a
test area on highway right-of-way between Live Oak Road
and Randolph Avenue of approximately 30 days duration.
As Attorney Harris had arrived, Mayor Bueker
directed the Council to refer back to Item No.2. He
explained to Mr. Harris the request of Tri-City for
charging parking fees at the ball fields. Mr. Harris
said the City has the authority to allow parking fees
to non-profit organizations.
Mr. Seeba moved to allow Tri-City to sub-let the Conces-
sion stand at the ball field if SAFES agrees; and to
allow Tri-City to charge for parking in the one parking
lot. Mrs. Koch seconded the motion, which carried with
the following vote:
Ayes: Mr. Seeba, Mrs. Koch, Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Koole.
Nays: None
Abstaining: Mrs. Funk, as she is so closely involved
with the SAFES organization.
Mayor Bueker recessed the meeting at 8:47 p.m.
and called an Executive Session, citing Section
2 (f), Chapter 31 of House Bill No.3.
Mayor Bueker reconvened the regular Council meeting
at 9:15 p.m.
#4 ETJ AGREEMENT: Mrs. Koch moved to accept
settlement of ETJ boundaries
with the City of Selma as proposed. Mr. Koole seconded the
motion, which carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Mrs. Koch, Mr. Koole, Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Seeba
and Mrs. Funk.
Nays: None
Mayor Bueker explained he had to leave the meeting
at this time to attend the Housing Authority Meeting
and turned the meeting over to Mayor Pro-Tem Seeba.
Mr. Koole also had to leave at this time.
#5 PERSONNEL POLICY: Mrs. Koch apologized for not
Having reviewed the proposed
personnel policy prior to the meeting and explained she
felt for this reason she could not vote on any motions
pertaining thereto'.
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Mrs. Koch then moved to table consideration of the proposed
personnel plan until the next regular meeting. Mr. Schwartz
seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Mrs. Koch, Mr. Schwartz and Mrs. Funk
None.
#6 ORDINANCE: Mr. Arnold requested this ordinance set-
ting the tax board of equalization be
delayed until the next regular meeting as Mr. Baldwin, Tax
Assessor/Collector had not been able to contact all names sub-
mitted to him for appointment to the Board.
#7, #8 & #9 ORDINANCES: Mr. Arnold read an ordinance
covering the annexation of
three certain tracts of land containing 160, 80.183 and
74.161 acres.
Mr. Schwartz moved to accept the first reading of this ordinance !
as read. Mrs. Funk seconded the motion, which carried with (13~~I/ij
the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Mr. Schwartz, Mrs. Funk and Mrs. Koch.
None
Mrs. Koch moved the above mentioned ordinance be considered
at the next meeting of the Council on June 28, 1973. Mr.
Schwartz seconded the motion.
After discussion by the Council and on the recvlwuendation of
Attorney Harris, Mrs. Koch withdrew her motion for further
consideration of the ordinance and Mr. Schwartz withdrew his
second.
Mr. Schwartz then withdrew his
ordinance on the first reading.
motion of acceptance of this
Mrs. Funk withdrew her second.
#10 ORDINANCE: This item had been deleted from the agenda
prior to the meeting.
#11 PLANNING & ZONING MINUTES: Mrs. Funk moved to accept
the minutes of the P&Z
meeting of June 12, 1974 as presented. Mr. Schwartz seconded
the motion, which carried with the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Mrs. Funk, Mr. Schwartz and Mrs. Koch.
None.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION: Mr. Arnold explained he had given
Dan Marez an assignment of finding
a Library for Schertz. Mr. Marez went
Governor's Conference on Libraries,
information to start checking all areas.
out what he could about
to Austin in April, the
and brought back enough
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Mr. Arnold and Dan Marez have also talked with
Mr. Les Bourland, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, who said the C of C have goals of a
library of some sort for the area. Mr. Marez
would be willing to work with the CofC.
Dan Marez gave a very interesting resume of his
findings concerning the different types of
libraries and types of grants that may be
available to Schertz or for a regional library
with the help of the CofC.
Mrs. Koch moved to adjourn at 10:30 p.m.
Mrs. Funk seconded the motion, which carried
with a unanimous vote.
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Mayor, City of Schertz
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~ Secretary, City of Schertz